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Preparation and Use of Voucher Specimens for Documenting Research in Weed Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Richard Carter,
Charles T. Bryson and
Stephen J. Darbyshire
Richard Carter*
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698-0015
Charles T. Bryson
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Weed Science Research Unit, Stoneville, MS 38776
Stephen J. Darbyshire
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Wm. Saunders Building #49, Ottawa, ON KIA 0C6, Canada
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: rcarter@valdosta.edu
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Abstract

Voucher specimens and herbarium collections provide the foundation for many aspects of research in the plant sciences. Available for study and verification by contemporary and future workers, voucher specimens promote reproducibility in scientific method because permanent records document identification, distribution, and interspecific and intraspecific variation of species. The utility and importance of voucher specimens and herbarium collections in supporting research in weed science are discussed, and the collection, preparation, documentation, storage, and shipment of voucher specimens are detailed.

Keywords

Herbariumherbarium specimendocumentation of researchuse of herbarium specimenspreparation of herbarium specimenshandling of herbarium specimensstorage of herbarium specimens

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Weed Technology , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , December 2007, pp. 1101 - 1108
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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